Combination swing and bed.



J. G. GOODMAN. COMBINATION SWING AND BED.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1912.

1,076,361, Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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CUMBTNATIUN SWTNG ANT) BED.

Application filed August 12, 1912.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN CALHOUN Goon- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oklahoma city, in the county of Oklahoma and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Swings and Beds, of which the following is aspecification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a combination swing and bed, and has for its primary ob' ject to provide a swing having opposed seats,- said seats being provided with adjustable backs,- and means for adjusting the seats to provide a bed or couch.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a frame mounted for longitudinal swinging movement, seats mounted in opposite ends of the frame and adjustable toward and from each other, racks arranged at the sides of the seats, and backs pivotally mounted upon the racks and adjustable thereon whereby the same may be dispose-d in the plane of the seats.

Still another object of the invention .is to provide a combination swing and bed which is extremely strong and durable in construction, of great convenience in use and which may be produced at comparatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in view as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device when used as a swing; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the device converted into a bed. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the invention as represented in F ig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the device in the form of a bed.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated .in the accompanying drawings by like reference characters.

Referring in detail to the drawings 5 designates a supporting structure which consists of the parallel longitudinal bars 6 which are connected by a plurality of transverse bars 7. Adjacent to the opposite ends Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 21,1913.

Serial No. 714,670.

of the bars 6 the upright bars 8 are secured and are braced by means of the inclined bars 9.

In the supporting structure my improved combination swing and bed is mounted for longitudinal swinging movement. The same includes a base frame consisting of longitudinal parallel bars 10 which are in contact intermediate of their ends by the cross bars 11. This frame is suspended between the lower ends of the hanger bars 12 which are pivotally connected to the longitudinal bars 10 adjacent their ends, the upper ends of said hanger bars being mounted upon the pivot bolts 13 in the upper ends of the supporting uprights 8. In the opposite ends of the suspended base frame, swing chairs are mounted. Each of these chairs consists of parallel longitudinal angle bars ll, the horizontal flanges of which are connected by means of a plur lity of cross bars or slats 15. Lower transverse connecting bars 16 are also secured attheir ends to the vertical flanges of the angle bars 14:. Linkbars 17 are pivotally mounted at their upper ends upon the vertical flanges of the side bars 14, the lower ends of said link bars being pivotally mounted upon the transverse rods 18 which connect the longitudinal bars 10 of the base frame. Similar rods 19 serve as pivot bolts for the lower ends of the hanger bars 12.

Upon the longitudinal seat bars 14 the vertically disposed semicircular plates 20 are secured. The seat backs are arranged be tween these plates. The longitudinal bars 21 of the seat backs are connected by means of the cross bars 22. These longitudinal bars are provided with short longitudinal slots in one of their ends through which the ends of a transverse bolt 23, connecting the longitudinal seat bars 14, are disposed. Bracing arms 24 extend upon the outer surfaces of the curved plates 20 and are also provided in one of their ends with short slots for movement upon the rod 23. The other ends of these arms are mounted upon the ends of a rod 25 connecting the longitudinal bars 21 of the seat backs. The edges of the curved plates 20 are provided with a plurality of notches 26 which are adapted to receive the ends of the rod 25, to retain the seat backs at any desired inclination with relation to the plane of the seat proper.

When the seats are arranged as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the outer lower connecting bars 16 between the longitudinal seat bars 14 are connected with the end bars 17 which are pivotally mounted upon the longitudinal bars 10 of the movable supporting base. Thus the pivotal movement of the bars 17 in one direction will be limited. When the seats are moved inwardly as shown in Fig. 2 so that their inner ends are in engagement, the innermost transverse bars 16 of the seats engage upon the edges of the inner pivotally movable bars 17 said pivoted bars also engaging with the cross bars 11 of the base frame. These cross bars 11 serve as foot rests when the device is in use as a swing. In order to convert the swing into a bed, the seats are forced inwardly toward each other as shown in Fig. 2 and are connected by means of the hooks 27 mounted upon the upper pivots of the inner bars 17 of one seat, said hooks engaging over the corresponding pivots of the opposed seat. Thus the seats will be connected and held against relative movement. The backs of the seats are then lowered upon the plates 20 until they are disposed in the plane of the seats proper, thus producing a continuous unbroken surface upon which a person may recline at full length. The seats may be made of wood or metal as desired and covered by canvas or other material, the seats and the backs thereof being suitably padded. The

suspended swinging base and supporting structure may also be formed of wood or metal as desired.

From the foregoing, it is believed that the construction and manner of use of my improved combination swing and bed will be clearly understood. The device occupies comparatively small space and may be utilized as a porch swing and readily converted into a bed when it is desired to sleep out of doors. Either of the seat backs may be adjusted to any desired inclination for the proper support of the head of the sleeper. Owing to the simple construction of the device, it will be obvious that the same can be manufactured at comparatively small cost.

1t isalso very durable and highly convenient in use.

While I have shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the various elements, it will be understood that the invention is susceptible of considerable modification without departing from the essential features or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A combination swinging bed comprising a supporting structure, a base frame mounted therein for swinging movement, opposed seats mounted for movement upon the supporting structure, vertically disposed bars pivotally connected at one end to the seats, said bars being pivotally connected at their other end to said base frame, cross bars secured to the opposed faces of said base frame and seats, the cross bars of the seats being adapted to engage the opposite edges of said vertical bars and the cross bars of the base frame adapted to engage the opposed edges of said vertical bars when the device is used as a bed, whereby movement of the seats will be prevented.

2. A combination swinging bed comprising a supporting structure, a base frame mount-' ed therein for swing-ing movement, opposed seat-s mounted for movement on the supporting structure, vertically disposed bars pivotally connected at one end to the seats, said bars being pivotally connected at their other end to said base frame, cross bars secured to the opposed faces of said base frame and seats, said cross bars being adapted to engage upon the opposite edges of the vert-ifcal bars adjacent their opposite ends, whereby movement of the seats will be prevented. i

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiixjmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CALHOUN GOODMAN.

Witnesses:

NIc. BILLEN, J r., ERNEST E. Cross.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

